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Amid the wave of sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby, the comedian resigned Monday from the board of trustees of his alma mater, Temple University.
Cosby earned his bachelor’s degree from the Philadelphia school in 1971 and joined the...

Bill Cosby has postponed two upcoming performances in New York, and has been relieved on an honor by the U.S. Navy, the latest fallout in the continuing stream of allegations from women who say he sexually assaulted them.
The Tarrrytown Music Hall in...

LOS ANGELES — Bill Cosby's attorney contends that a woman and her attorney engaged in an extortion attempt before filing suit earlier this week, claiming that the entertainer molested her when she was 15 years old.
In a filing in Los Angeles...

As professional journalists rightfully report on the unfolding Bill Cosby allegations, the comments made from the sidelines — by gossip mongers, bloggers and thousands posting on the Internet — have an invisible but powerful effect on people...

Bill Cosby's attorney on Thursday said a lawsuit accusing the comedian of sexually molesting a teenager four decades ago was meritless and alleged that the accuser tried to extort $250,000 from Cosby before filing the suit.
Cosby attorney Marty Singer...

In the weeks since allegations that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted women decades ago began generating national debate, it's been assumed that the accusations were too old to merit attention from law enforcement.
But on Thursday, Los Angeles Police...

In court documents filed Thursday, Bill Cosby's attorney called a woman's allegation that the comedian sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion decades ago "patently false" and asked for her lawsuit to be dismissed.
Attorney Martin D. Singer...

LOS ANGELES — Judy Huth, the woman who is accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault when she was a minor, met with Los Angeles police detectives on Friday along with attorney Gloria Allred.
After Allred and Huth appeared before reporters at a press...

Comedian Bill Cosby's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was vandalized on Friday with the word "rapist" written over it, after numerous women came forward in recent weeks alleging Cosby had sexually assaulted them in incidents dating back decades.
The...

"Blame the victim" is the standard default response in our country for rape and domestic-abuse cases.
She dressed inappropriately. The sex was consensual, and she just got upset the morning after. He or she provoked matters, and it escalated into a...

Lewis Black says he is astonished by the scandal swirling around fellow comedian Bill Cosby.
“I didn’t think he had the kind of energy. Seriously,” Black says. “He’s sitting on a stool. Who would think he could get off a...